1st session videos:


Here are some videos we have commented on. Each focuses on a different issue in communication. Some
ideas are mentioned in the text.


1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RZlOPbf0vQ

 - keynote, level of formality, jokes focusing on “familiar audience”, lengthy introduction, signs
of “unpreparedness”

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywK78K9hEjI&feature=relmfu

- comments on a conference planned as advertisement or invitation, unclear message (family,
Barcelona)

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YTQJVzwlI

- edutainment, focus on the “strawberry” in he speaker´s hand

4. http://cs50.tv/2011/fall/ - week 0, videos, Wednesday (the video-show at the

beginning can be skipped - it takes some first five minutes)

- intro session of a course, length of the video, the element of shouting

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6U-i4gXkLM

- intro session of a course, clarity, authoritarian style (clear message of the style of work)

6. http://videolectures.net/rraa09_panel_discussion/

- panel discussion, adequate level of informality, clarification of questions from the audience,
questionable use of the “victim” for responses

7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax9ybaxbmv8

- skype interview, importance of body language (smiling, eye-contact with the camera), background

8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cip0S_bqP4Y

- professional advertisement for a conference, people recorded – asked in advance, planned positive
answers, recorded several times

9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fK2NdKAkyI

- teaching session, lack of enthusiasm of the teacher, monotony in voice, slides unchanged from
their textbook layout